Epidemic hysteria: A dialogue with françois sirois

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-44

  Bartholomew, Robert E ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0006593030     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157423     Document Type: Article

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